Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.